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Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib wore a thobe, a traditional Palestinian dress, at the House swearing -n ceremony on January 3, 2019. (Photo

This is how to fight Israel’s Jewish Nation-State Law

From Palestinian refugees to High Court justices, the Jewish Nation-State law will have a significant impact on several groups affected by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This is what we can do about it. By Said Zeedani The Jewish Nation-State Law, a new law with the force of a constitutional amendment, enshrined Israel as the exclusive nation-state of the…

By +972 Magazine November 29, 2018

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Annual Memorial Ceremony for Yitzhak Rabin, Jerusalem, October 26, 2015. (Haim Zach/GPO)

No Netanyahu, we refuse to keep living by the sword

The Israeli prime minister says Israelis are doomed to a permanent state of war. It’s time to show him that we aren’t willing to come along for the ride — that we believe in a future for us and our children. Although it is likely that Netanyahu didn’t intend it, the prime minister may have…

By Haggai Matar October 26, 2015

Effi Eitam (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Israeli right-wing politician: ‘Annex territories, grant Palestinians citizenship’

Israeli right-wing politician and former IDF general Efi Eitam has made remarks that few would have expected to hear from him. Former IDF general and politician Efi Eitam is known for his extreme right-wing views and sharp tongue. From calling Arabs a “ticking bomb” to a “cancer,” Eitam has never shown much warmth for his…

By Ami Kaufman August 28, 2014

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Members of Neturei Karta celebrate Palestine's UN bid in Ramallah. (photo: Activestills)

I am a Palestinian Jew, or at least I will be

In order to avoid theocracy, apartheid and civil war, one Israeli believes it is time for her fellow Jewish citizens to start re-imagining their identity. By Dorit Naaman Fine, I am not yet a Palestinian Jew, but in 10 to 15 years – and certainly in my lifetime – this place will be called Palestine,…

By +972 Magazine June 17, 2014

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Looking closely at Israeli eyes, to see if they know

Lately I’ve been looking at Israelis closely. I’ve been looking them straight in the eye, to see if they know. If they have a clue. Any clue. About what’s in their future. The not too distant future. Most probably in the lifetimes of many of them. I look at them closely. And in particular places.…

By Ami Kaufman March 20, 2014

"Once I Entered a Garden" (2012), a film by Avi Mograbi

A new ‘home’: Building a future of multicultural belonging

By Inna Michaeli and Zohar Elmakias In his film “Once I Entered a Garden” (2012), Israeli director Avi Mograbi documents a series of meetings with his Arabic teacher, Ali Al-Azhari. Mograbi shares his dreams with Al-Azhari, along with biographical details about his Jewish-Lebanese family; together they imagine possible scrips about return and their intersection histories.…

By Cafe Gibraltar July 26, 2013

A section of Israel's separation wall in the West Bank. (Activestills.org)

Rightists say bring down the Wall, leftists say let’s keep it

Noted right-wingers call to demolish the separation wall. True, they are driven by a desire for annexation, but the Left finds itself in an unseemly position – defending one of the great injustices of the occupation in the name of the distant prospect of two states. Former Defense Minister Moshe Arens yesterday told Ma’ariv he thinks the…

By Dimi Reider April 11, 2013

The settlement of Har Homa. There's no way of evacuating it. (Photo: Yossi Gurvitz)

The two-state solution is no longer feasible: Time to decide

Binyamin Netanyahu fantasizes about 60 more years of occupation – and the Palestinians should demand equal citizenship in Israel If anyone wanted to know what Binyamin Netanyahu actually thinks about the peace process, he said it clearly himself last week: According to Netanyahu, the Palestinian appeal to the UN “will gridlock the negotiations for 60…

By Yossi Gurvitz September 19, 2011

Demonstrating in Sheikh Jarrah. (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Notes from the suicide watch

Reopening 1948: Israel made another step towards a transformation into a bi-national state Sunday, when the Supreme Court legitimized the Palestinian right of return. Naturally, that’s not what the Court had in mind, but that was the result. The Court decided that a large part of the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood belongs to the heirs (and…

By Yossi Gurvitz September 30, 2010